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November 13, 2008

Global Recruitment Conference - Matthew Jeffery - Electonic Arts

The sessions at the RCE Global Recruitment Conference morning (12th November 2008) included a very interesting presentation from Matthew Jeffery, Global Head Of Talent at EA.com (Electronic Arts). Matthew created a Facebook page at EA less than 6 weeks ago and they now have over 40,000 fans. What is even more impressive is that they have now hired 10 people as a result of starting a Facebook page! Length of interview (9mins 43 secs).

Mike Taylor has a background in Online Recruitment and Online Marketing.
Mike runs Web-Based-Recruitment.com, an online recruitment consultancy offering advice to companies on how to use the Internet to recruit new employees.
Prior to starting Web-Based-Recruitment.com Mike worked in HR and Recruitment for IBM and Nokia. Whilst at Nokia Mike was responsible for their Online Recruitment Strategy, as well as being a member of Nokia's Global Advisory Board on Internet Recruitment.
http://www.web-based-recruitment.com